Definition of "sternotomy" []

• An incision into the sternum (noun)

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• "We got on with the session that day and I took her advice to heart in the coming months, particularly after I had to have a full sternotomy in order to take out my enlarged thymus gland in an attempt to alleviate the MG."
• "I slid aside the neckline of the gown to find a large median sternotomy scar—the vertical kind that goes straight down the chest."
• "A median sternotomy was performed, and the pericardium was opened."